Color photography



2 SHeets-Sheet l umana-unan B. C. HASKIN `COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY April 17, 1945.

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Patented l?,

Warner litros. Pictures, lino.,

New York, lil. Y.,

a corporation or Delaware @riginal opplica'tion Ap M9349?. Divided and this ril 28, 1942, Serial No.

application .lanuorv 23, i943, Seriell No. AZB

(Cl. @5L-elodie) 5 Claires.

Trie invention relates to color photography end porticulerly to a threewolor camera useful for periornruig an additive process for the photoa graphic production of color separation negatives vfblec :may be employed to produce one or more positive prints having a transparent image of the object natural colors. The present oase ,is directed particularly to the camere. construction, svn'lle the process is described and claimed in co pending application Serial Number 440,797, filed :tor Color photogrcphy oi which the Also the threading herein disclosed desciioed in competed-f application Serial Number 473,425, lled, Jan

hes loeretoiore been proposed to employ e subtroctve process wherein a light besan ls divided into two rays, one or which is received by e nlm, and the other by a lil-paolo suitable lli being employed. The three nlnls :move the camera one frame at e. time, and each there osed to provide color separation negatives. three negatives thus produced ore seperately dyed colors complementary to the color oi the light to which they Were exposed, end the dyed images thus produced are transerred by irnlolbition to the positive @ne object ol the present invention is to avoid the necessity 4:for three negatives, one for each of the three colors, and to provide e comers `whlcli metres lt possible to reduce this number to two vinile nevertheless recording three colors.

This is accomplished. by dividing the lmege reys into two beams as heretofore, by lmpinging one or tillese beams on o blnpeclr having e. filter be tween end by simultaneously subjecting one o tbe ninas in the bimpecl.: to the other fllni which is subjected to both beards is exposed in certain :film areas in one Tessin to other nlm crees in another beam, whereby" three color records are formed on tvfo :dirai/o.

'lloe invention maires it possible to transpose the color records thus termed into e positive print in natural color, without the use of im@ bibltlon. This is accomplished by printing o. positive nini "rom each oi' the three color sensa tion and by proiectlng light of the proper color and intensity through each of these negatives, t e three lights ln primary colors being combined into e, single beam and employed to suitable positive stoel?. such as finden chrome. ellovfs .more flexibility is pos sible vritb nlblbltion, iorthe reason that l there the exposure intensity or color separation in the course of producing the nega1 tives, this can be compensated for by suitably adjusting the intensity and color of the light projected through the positive lms in'the projection. printing operation.

For further detalls or the invention reference may be made to the drawings wherein Fig. l is a schematic vertical sectional'view of a camera embodying the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a, vertical elevation, partly in section, of the shutter oi' Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a plan view o a portion or one of the exposed negative films having one of the color records thereon.

Fig. fl ls a longitudinal sectional view through the nlm of Fig. 3, illustrating ln somewhat exaggerated form the dye on the emulsion of the nlm of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a portion of the other exposed negative lin having two color` records thereon in alternate frames.

Fig. 6 ls a longitudinal sectional View of the :5.1m of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a schematic vertical sectional View ofl a camera embodying a modcaton of Fig. l..

Figs. 8 and 9 schematically illustrate projection printers, or printing onto single coated or double coated stock, respectively.

Fig. l0 is a vertical elevation, partly in section, and Fig. ll is an enlarged sectional view on line lll-ll of Fig. l0, showing a modification of the shutter of Fig. 2.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the camera l is provided with two exposure apertures 2 and 3 in the nlm gates 'al' and 3 arranged at right angles. In front of these gates is arranged a lprism l having a partially reflecting surface 5. The prism ll receives light rays in naturel color from an objective lens t. As is well-known, the light from the objective 6 1s divided by the prism Il, the direct beam passing to the aperture 2, and the reflected beam to the aperture 3. Between the prism Il and the apertures 2 and 3 is arranged a shutter l having a shaft il and suitable means not shown for rotating the shutter 'l in timed relation with the pulL-down mechanisms 9 and lll. The radial portion or body ll of the shutter l ls provided with an arcuate aperture l2 to admit light at certain times to the aperture 2. The shutter l is provided with a peripheral rim i3 extending at right angles to the radial portion l l. The rim lil is provided with an arcuate slot lll having the same angular extent as slot it, to admit the rerlected beam to` aperture 3 at the same time that the direct beam is admitted to aperture 2.

In threading the camera I, preferably I employ a panchromatic iilm I supplied from a suitable reel I6, and an orthochromatic iilm I1 supplied from a suitable reel I il. 'I'he ortho film I1 is highly sensitive to blue and it is employed to record the blue record in alternate frames thereof as indicated at I9 in Fig. 2. Film I1 has an emulsion 20, the face of which is impregnated with a red dye as indicated at 2l in Fig. 3. Also, I preferably employ in the film gate 3' a green lter 22, with preferably no filter in the aperture 2. The films I5 and I1 are taken from the reels I6 and I8, respectively, and moved into bi-pack relation with 'their emulsions face-to-face as shown in Figs. 4 and 6 wherein the emulsion 23 of film I5 faces to the left, while emulsion 20 of llm I1 faces to the right. The lms I5 and I1 thus in bi-pack relation are threaded through the gate 2', the ortho film I1 after leaving this gate being fed through suitable sprocket means not shown, to a take-up reel 2li. after leaving gate 2' is turned away from film I1 as shown at 25 and looped over the side of both films I5 and I1 as shown at 2B, so that the emulsion side of lm I5 is at point 26 facing outwardly, the loop then being bent back on itself so that the emulsion side of film I 5 faces illm I1,/'with the portion 21 of film I5 extending in the opposite direction to the direction it was taking on leaving the gate 2'. The lm I5 with its emulsion facing outwardly is now threaded through the gate 3' and after leaving this gate it iilm I1 may be separated from the lm I5 on leaving gate 2', while film I5 with its emulsion facing aperture 3 may be passed through gate 3.'. The loop 25, 26 may be self-sustaining while the camera I is in operation, vor guide rollers, not shown, may be provided.

The pull-down mechanisms 9 and I Il may be of any suitable type and they operate to simultaneously pull down the lms I 5 and I1 at aperture 2, and lni' I5 at aperture 3, two frames at a time, the films progressing' counter-clockwise through the gates 2' and 3', while driven by sprockets not shown.

After exposure in the camera I, the lm I1 in alternate frames thereof, has a blue sensation record as indicated at I9. All of the even numbered frames of film I 5 may be exposed at one of the apertures 2 or 3, and the remaining frames are exposed at the other aperture, resulting in alternate red and green sensation records as indicated at 29, 30 in Fig.v 4.

In the modified camera shown in Fig. 7, arrangements are made for photographing the beam from the prism not shown, traverse the films in the opposite direction to that shown in Fig. 1, namely in a clockwise direction. with-the horizontal gate 52 employed as a bi-pack gate, and the vertical gate y vmade of positive stock 26 of Fig. 1, the nlm I1 passing to a take-up reel 55, while the iilm I5 traverses the gate 53 in order to receive the green record, and then to takeup reel 56. Otherwise, the construction and operation of the method and apparatus of Fig. 7 is substantially the same as that above described in connection with Fig. 1. i

After the lms I 5 and I1 are developed, by means of a step printer the blue records on film I1 are printed in succession on the successive frames of a positive iilm. The red records 29 appearing on alternate frames of nlm I5 are likewise printed on successive frames oi another positive film, and similarly for the green records @Il which are printed on successive frames of a third e positive lm.

A release print is prepared as follows. The three positive films after being developed, are schematically represented in section in Fig. 8 by the reference numbers 3l, 32, 33. Behind each of these iilms is arranged a light source 3d, 35, 36 respectively, and between each such light source and its iilm is arranged a lter al, 38. 39. respectively, the filters being of sucha color that tensity and the color thus recorded in the cam'- era may be compensated to some extent by suitably selecting the intensity of the lights 3d to 36,

and by suitably selecting the colors of the filters 3| to 33. The three-colored beams thus produced image of the object photographed.

The cameras of Figs. l and 7 may have suitable register pins, not shown.

In,the modied printer of Fig. 9, use may be t5 having emulsion on opon one side of the nlm d5 with the other two lamps d1, 48 on the other side, the film 455 being suitably traversed with the positives so as to print each set of three-color-records on the superposed If desired, as shown in Figs. 10 and 11, I may selecting the length of aper- Also, the lter 22 may if desired, be mounted in the aperture I of the negative films I5 and I1 shutter 1, as indicated by lter 58, to cover a desired portion of the length of this aperture I4.

Filter 51 may be held in position over aperture I2 by means of clamping strips 6I secured to shutter 1 by screws 62. Similar clamping strips 59 and screws 60 may be provided for securing lter 58 inside of rim I3 and over aperture I4.

If for any reason it is desired to modify the normal ratio of the three colors to each other for dramatic effects, the color transmission and absorption of the lters 51 and 58 described above may be modified as desired.

Various other modifications may be made in the invention without departing from the spirit of the following claims.

I claim:

1. A camera comprising two gates, a light divider therefor, means for traversing two films in bi-pack relation two frames at a time past one of said gates, and means for traversing one of said films two frames at a time past said other gate to expo-se alternate frames not exposed at said rst gate.

2. A camera according to claim 1 comprising a rotary shutter common to both of said gates and positioned between said gates and said light divider.

3. A camera according to claim 1 wherein said one of said films is the rear film of said pi-pack, and comprising color separation means for producing two color records on alternate frames of the rear film of said bi-pack, and a third color record on alternate frames of the front film of said bi-pack,

4. A camera comprising two lm gates at right angles to each other, a split prism common thereto and having two emergent faces, a unitary rotary shutter having a disc portion between one of said emergent faces and its respective gate, said shutter having a flange at right angles to said disc portion, said flange being'arranged between the other of said emergent faces and its respective gate, said disc and flange portions having apertures for simultaneously transmitting light from both of said emergent faces the exit side of one of said' gates being adjacent the inlet side of the other of said gates, and the line of film movement through said gates being substantially L shaped, and means for traversing the same film across both of said gates, the spacing of said gates permitting the even numbered film frames to lbe exposed at one of -said gates and the odd numbered film frames at the other of said gates, said film traversing means being adapted to traverse the film two frames at a time through said gates to expose alternate lm frames at one of said gates and the remaining alternate frames at the other of -said gates, and color separation means for forming one color record at one of said gates and another color record at the other of said gates.

5. A camera comprising flhn gate mechanisms substantially in the shape of an L, an exposure aperture in each of the two branches of said L, a split prism having an emergent face for each of said exposure apertures, a shutter common to said exposure apertures, said shutter having alight transmitting portion and alight intercepting portion individual to each of said apertures, and means for traversing the same film l lengthwise of the branches of said L across both of said exposure apertures.

BYRON C. HASKIN. 

